Aug. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2625

Member of Board of Trustees of Drainage District appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 27th July, 1927.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, in terms of section 10 of the Land Drainage Act, 1908, to appoint

Wallace Williams, Esquire,

as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Tumu-Kaituna Drainage District.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Ranger under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th July, 1927.

I T is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 35 of the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921–22, the under-mentioned person has been appointed a Ranger under and for the purposes of that Act for the North Canterbury Acclimatization District :—

Edward Albert Mawer, of Loburn.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Appointment of Officer under Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 29th July, 1927.

I T is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed

Edward Albert Mawer, of Loburn,

to be an officer for the purposes of Part II of the said Act for the North Canterbury Acclimatization District.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, appointed.—Notice No. Ag. 2663.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 29th July, 1927.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

William George Jarvis

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, for the Taradale Town Board’s district, the appointment to date as from the 25th July, 1927.

O. HAWKEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Trustee of the Akitio Rabbit District appointed.—Notice No. Ag. 2664.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 1st August, 1927.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint, in terms of section 75 (2) of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908,

Frank Wyeth, Esquire,

to be a tru-tee of the Akitio Rabbit District (constituted under Part III of the said Act), vice W. E. M. Lees, Esquire, resigned.

O. HAWKEN, Minister of Agriculture.

Inspector of Sea-fishing appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 29th July, 1927.

I T is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-General has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and of the Official Appointments and Documents Act, 1919, appointed

Donald Archibald Campbell Maclean, of Thames South,

to be an Inspector of Sea-fishing for the purposes of the first-mentioned Act.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Marine.

Resignation by Justice of the Peace.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd July, 1927.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the resignation by

Arthur Henry Hibbard Unwin, Esquire, of Wairoa,

as a Justice of the Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1927.

I T is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be the deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz. :—

William Frederick Owen .. .. Hororata.
Charles Irvine .. .. Tokatoka.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 28th July, 1927.

T HE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service :—

Leonard Stanley Rigdon King, Esquire,

to be Registrar of Marriages and Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Pleasant Point, as from the 21st July, 1927.

Arthur Wallace Murphy, Esquire,

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Blackball, as from the 20th July, 1927.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the N.Z. Military Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 27th July, 1927.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the N.Z. Military Forces.

STAFF.

Captain H. M. Foster, N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes the appointment of Area Officer, 12a Area, and Adjutant, 1st Battalion, the Southland Regiment, Invercargill, as from 26th June, 1927, and is appointed Area Officer, 3a Area, and Adjutant, 9th N.Z. Mounted Rifles (North Auckland), Whangarei. Dated 5th July, 1927.

Lieutenant A. P. McCormack, N.Z. Staff Corps, is appointed Area Officer, 12a Area, Invercargill, and Adjutant, 1st Battalion, the Southland Regiment, vice Captain H. M. Foster, N.Z.S.C. Dated 27th June, 1927.

5TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (OTAGO HUSSARS).

Cyril Blockley Robertson, to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 27th June, 1927.

9TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (NORTH AUCKLAND).

2nd Lieutenant N. C. Shepherd, to be Lieutenant. Dated 13th July, 1927.

N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS—CENTRAL DEPOT.

Francis Victor Saunders, to be Quartermaster, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 7th July, 1927.

THE WELLINGTON REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant A. T. McL. Scott ceases to be seconded to the 4th C Battalion, and is seconded for duty with the 2nd C Battalion. Dated 22nd July, 1927.

THE HAWKE’S BAY REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant E. S. Craven, 3rd C Battalion, to be Lieutenant. Dated 22nd July, 1927.